Official BOM Victoria State Daily Observations |
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Notes on the Weather
Issued at 5:02 pm EDT on Friday 7 February 2025.
Recent Events
There was no significant rainfall recorded in the 24 hours to 9am Friday.
Minimum temperatures were generally between 4 and 6 degrees above the monthly
average across the State. Most minima ranged between 15 and 19 degrees. The
lowest recorded temperature overnight was 13 degrees at Warnambool. The highest
overnight minimum was 25 degrees at Yarrawonga.
It was a foggy morning about the south to start the day whilst north of the
ranges saw mostly clear skies and sunshine. From late morning isolated
thunderstorms developed over the north east. From early afternoon these
thunderstorms became scattered and warnings were issued for severe
thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rainfall. In the 7
hours to 9am there was 37mm of rainfall recorded at Mallacoota as well as 36mm
at Greta South and 26mm at the Broken Weir. The strongest wind gust recorded
was 107km/hr at Wangaratta at 3.25pm with a thunderstorm.
Maximum temperatures were generally between 3 and 7 degrees of the monthly
average. Most maxima ranged between 23 and 38 degrees. The highest recorded
temperature to 4pm was 40 degrees at Kyabram, Shepparton and Tatura. The lowest
recorded maximum was 19 degrees at Ferny Creek.
In Melbourne the temperature ranged from 14.6 degrees at 6:02 AM to 23.3
degrees at 4:37 PM. There was no rain reported in the city gauge in the 31
hours to 4pm today.
Explanatory Notes
A broad low pressure trough extends over the State from the north. The trough
will deepen tonight before moving east over the State on Friday. A high
pressure system starts to develop south of the bight later on Friday before
moving slowly eastward over the weekend and into the Tasman sea by Monday.
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